WEST BANK: Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa meets Palestinians President Mahmoud Abbas during an official visit

Record ID: 564841

  • Title: WEST BANK: Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa meets Palestinians President Mahmoud Abbas during an official visit
  • Date: 6th January 2014
  • Summary: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (JANUARY 6, 2014) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA ARRIVING BY CONVOY TO THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS AND BEING GREETED BY PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS ABBAS GREETING RAJAPAKSA SRI LANKAN AND PALESTINIAN FLAGS ABBAS AND RAJAPAKSA WALKING PALESTINIAN HONOUR GUARD LINED UP DURING OFFICIAL WELCOMING CEREMONY MORE OF HONOUR GUARD BAND PLAYING MUSIC HONOUR GUARD STANDING TWO LEADERS WALKING MORE OF LEADERS WALKING DURING CEREMONY MORE OF HONOR GUARD MORE OF LEADERS WALKING ON RED CARPET DURING OFFICIAL CEREMONY VARIOUS OF TWO LEADERS MEETING
  • Embargoed: 21st January 2014 12:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: West bank
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAE1E98P5RLTY87TFA5EJW4GYT6
  • Story Text: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the occupied West Bank on Monday (January 6) during an official visit to the region.
    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Rajapaksa in an official ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah with the presidential honour guard and official band playing the Sri Lankan and Palestinian national anthems.
    The two leaders later held a brief meeting.
    Rajapaksa, accompanied by Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, also laid a wreath at the grave of the late president, Yasser Arafat.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2014. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register